International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 13 (1990), Issue 4, Pages 737-739
doi:10.1155/S0161171290001004
A proof of Pollaczek-Spitzer identity
Department of Mathematics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Received 27 November 1989; Revised 12 July 1990
Copyright © 1990 S. Paramasamy. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In this note we derive a proof of Pollaczek-Spitzer identity using a generalization of Takacs ballot theorem.